June News & Happenings

Jun 9

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This Chance Meetings panel on </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Monday, June 1st from 5-7 pm at The Virginian</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> brings together founders and operators from our community who are building AI into the core of how their ventures run, not just experimenting on the side.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 0%;"><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; line-height: 27.7971px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.427648px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Whether you're a founder weighing where AI fits (or doesn’t fit) into your venture, a business owner curious about what's actually possible today, or someone trying to separate the signal from the noise, this panel will deliver practical lessons, real use cases, and honest takes on the strategic decisions that can make AI a durable part of a venture's foundation.</span></span></span></p><p class="last-child" style="margin: 1rem 0px 0px; line-height: 27.7971px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.427648px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">No tech background required. Just bring an open mind and your questions.</span></span></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-25"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b25"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:#007c89;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="25" class="mceText" id="d25" style="width:100%"><h1 style="text-align: center;" class="last-child"><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 40px"><span style="background-color: transparent">NEWS & NOTES</span></span></span></h1></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0" valign="top" class="mceGutterContainer" id="gutterContainerId-103"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:separate" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" id="b103"><table width="100%" style="border:0;background-color:transparent;border-radius:0;border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px" class="mceTextBlockContainer"><div data-block-id="103" class="mceText" id="d103" style="width:100%"><p style="line-height: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 0%;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="last-child"><strong><span style="color:#00a5b5;"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif">PITCH DAY 2026: APPLICATIONS OPEN JUNE 1ST</span></span></span></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:transparent;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px;border:0;border-radius:0" valign="top" class="mceImageBlockContainer" align="center" id="b102"><div></div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="85%" style="border-collapse:separate;margin:0;vertical-align:top;max-width:85%;width:85%;height:auto" role="presentation" data-testid="image-102"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;border-radius:0;margin:0" valign="top"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b358dbd36f80647a9bcdd05a0/images/c02f6b7a-abf2-404d-b5a0-9da59e3f48d1.jpg" width="520.1999999999999" height="auto" style="display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:0" class="imageDropZone mceImage" data-block-id="102"></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><div>

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